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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does "ran up" mean "went through"?
Context:
"We have not done anything that would jeopardize this search effort. … Malaysia has nothing to hide. We have spared no expense and no effort" in a search that he said has expanded to include 43 ships and 40 aircraft, operating on both sides of the Malaysian peninsula.
The original flight plan ran up the east side of the peninsula, over the South China Sea, but the search was extended in recent days to the west side — the Straits of Malacca — after military radar indicated the possibility of a plane making a turn back and flying into that area.
"We have not done anything that would jeopardize this search effort. … Malaysia has nothing to hide. We have spared no expense and no effort" in a search that he said has expanded to include 43 ships and 40 aircraft, operating on both sides of the Malaysian peninsula.
The original flight plan ran up the east side of the peninsula, over the South China Sea, but the search was extended in recent days to the west side — the Straits of Malacca — after military radar indicated the possibility of a plane making a turn back and flying into that area.
Top answer
followed the line of the east coast of the peninsula
- followed the line of the east coast of the peninsula
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... more specifically, the word "up" here implies a south-to-north direction of travel.
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